Sources of organic nitrogen at the serpentinite-hosted Lost City hydrothermal field

Geobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-169

  Lang, S Q ^a   Fruh Green G L ^a   Bernasconi, S M ^a   Butterfield, D A ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON; CHRYSOTILE; NITROGEN;

ALKALINE ROCK; AMINO ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA PROCESSING; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PH; SERPENTINE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LOST CITY HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 84873570589     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12026     Document Type: Article

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